 Consider what you did well at AS-Level – What skills do you already have? Other
Skills? Be careful not to move too far away from Drama.
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Have a working space – a notice-board? Take responsibility for the piece.
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Form a Company. Draw up rules, contract and/or procedures. Have meetings outside of lessons to discuss the piece. Create a rehearsal schedule.
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Decide within the first two weeks if you are going to use a script or devise or have a mixture of both.
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Do not be scared to improvise, research, share and develop different ideas.
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Keep a weekly journal. Make notes about significant decisions and developments. A diary style works but focus on what you did not what you didn’t do. You need to focus on the journey to the piece not a description of what didn’t work. You can film sessions too.
 Show your teacher work done so far on a regular basis.
 Use timers as a way to build the piece up. You can use the mega timer if you want!
 You must give your technical requests (lighting and sound) in at least a month before the performance. REMEMBER – there are no marks for set, props, costume, lighting etc so do not spend time on these until everything else is in place
 Work out mutual free time to arrange additional sessions to work on the piece.
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Show work in progress to other classes – Year 12, 11 or 10 would be good. This will enable you to test work out.
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Think about your audience. What is your target audience? How do you want your target audience to react? – Your creative intentions?
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Practitioners – think about and experiment with how different practitioners’ styles and ideas can be used in your piece and how these may change the direction/impact of your piece.
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Experiment with ideas and styles from the different performances that you have seen.
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Create a mood board of ideas for your piece.

This should address the following questions. These questions are designed to offer some guidance not to dictate the structure. You may include, where appropriate, sketches, drawings, plans etc.
 How is the initial material being researched and developed at significant stages
during the process of creating drama?
Briefly describe the stimulus and your response to it
Outline the ideas that you are using and developing
Do not waste time writing about things that you are not doing
Wat are you doing practically to explore and develop your ideas?
Where did you get your facts/data/research information from?
Acknowledge all sources
Describe all of the rehearsal techniques that you are using
What is working – evaluate why some things work and some don’t
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How effectively are you personally exploring and developing your role(s)?
How are you developing your character/s?
What language/vocabulary are you using?
Have you work-shopped your character/s movements, vocal characteristics?
How does your character develop throughout the piece? Do you understand and reflect the journey that they go on? How do you show this? How did you develop character?
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How did you and your group explore the possibilities of form, structure and performance style?
What style is your piece in?
How have you/are you structuring it?
Are you trying to emulate a style that you have seen?
How are you creating/suggesting style – is this through visual or other technical elements – through performance?

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How did the work of established and recognised theatre practitioners, and/or the work of live theatre, influence the way in which your devised response developed?
What plays have you seen that are directly influencing your work?
What plays have you read/studied that are directly influencing your work?
Which practitioner best reflects your work? Don’t just list practitioners. Explain and evidence how they have influenced your work.
Are you basing characterisation and skills on any particular actor that you have seen?
 How successfully did your final performance communicate your aims and intentions for the piece to your audience?
You can write about your intentions here – we are hoping to communicate...
You can then finish this off afterwards to record if your intentions were realised
You need to define and identify your target audience
You need to do several rehearsals in front of trial audiences
It may be helpful to interview members of your audience?
Are you creating a piece of theatre for your audience to watch or to make them think or to galvanise them into action about an idea/issue?
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How effectively did the social, cultural, historical/political context of the piece communicate to your audience?
You must fully understand the issues/subject matter of your drama. What are they?
When is it set?
How will an audience in 2013 respond to the issues that you are portraying?
What cultural references are there/who will understand these?
Historically what is the significance of your piece?
Does it have any political resonance in society today?